Monday, March 26, 2018

The main focus of my treatment plan right now continued to be treating SIBO. When my guts feel like they are going to pop like a balloon, it's hard for me to concentrate of much of anything else. I do, however, feel as if this is ultimately a good thing because it has forced me return to a better diet. In my first few years after falling ill with ME in 2011, I was a strict adherent to a diet of no-processed foods, no processed or added sugars, and very few grain-based products. Over the years I slowly started to slip. Now the SIBO has forced me to return to a more natural, whole-foods based diet.

In any event, after a month on two SIBO antibiotics, I went back to my doctor (Dr. M) and reported that my symptoms of SIBO (mostly a feeling of bloating) had improved by about 80%. Some days the symptoms were gone completely (but that was also true even before treatment). Dr. M said most SIBO patients, especially, those with the methane-producing form of SIBO, require two one-month courses of Xifaxan and Neomycin. So I'm back on those two specialist antibiotics for the gut. In the mean time, it is so nice to have some relief from the more intense symptoms.

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What is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)?

The clinical definition of ME is complicated, and the symptoms are many. It is a "multi-system disorder" that affects a person's immune system, hormones, nervous system, and energy (at the cellular level). I prefer to explain, simply, that it feels like I have the flu. Every single day. This is an oversimplification, but it's often the best way to explain it to a healthy person.

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I came down with ME in June, 2011. I was diagnosed six months later. This blog tracks my progress; my successes and failures along the path to (hopefully) sustained remission.
I live with my wife and two young daughters in Southern California.